Rice dumplings vs Hallacas

Two days ago, I ate a local dish called Rice Dumpling in english or Tsung Tzu in chinese.
It tastes very good. This dish is traditional during the Dragon Boat festival.
Here is a picture I found on the internet :



But what was funny is that it was like if I had already tasted it, because it tasted just like a typical dish from Venezuela called Hallaca.
Down here a picture (also from internet):



So it came to my mind that the origin of the Hallaca is maybe from mainland China.
I make a research and the Hallaca seems to come from Mexico, from a traditional dish called Tamal, wich was typic from the Aztec civilisation. So maybe there is a link between the Tamal and rice dumpling. Who knows maybe they bring it over the Bering straight thaousand of years ago.
I don't have any rational explanation, but anyway you can see by yourselves that the two dishes look just the same.
The only difference is the leaf, the Hallaca uses the banana leaf ans is based on corn mixture while the rice dumplig uses the bamboo leaf and the mixture is based on rice.

Fishers in Danshue

Fishers in Danshue. Danshue is half an hour from Taipei by MRT, and it is a cool place to be. It features good food and a famous sunshine. This place is crowded on Week Ends.

Local house by night

A local house around Jinshan.

Caught eating...

Another picture featuring locals near Green Bay.

Locals near Yehliu

Locals near Yehliu park. Colors and local people offer photogenic scenes waiting to be shot. So here is one of those shots.

Taking the bus...

Well, after visiting temples in keelung I took a local bus direction Yehliu park.

Bouddha statue

A Bouddha statue in Keelung.

Other view from Keelung

The kind of architecture we can find in Taiwan, with alot of red.

Temple

This is an inside view of Temple at Keelung

Keelung hill

This is a shot of Keelung's hill...and no, this is not Mount Lee

Be good, Do Good !!!

This is a sign at Keelung's Train Station.
This is the kind of message we can see around here in Taiwan.

Guards inside CKS memorial

Changing of guards inside the CKS memorial.

CKS Memorial

Here we can see a shot of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.

Lets add some content

Hello, this morning I will start adding some content to the blog. This will feature some quick shots I made last Week End.

Romain

Blog will open soon!!!

Hey people!!!

Well, this is the URL for my new blog. Here will be posted some pictures, informations, stories... while I'll be in "Formose" aka Taiwan.

See you soon buddies,

roms